Construction sand and gravel beneficiating (e.g., grinding, screening, washing) · New York

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc.

Name: V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lowville, NY · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 1.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction sand and gravel beneficiating (e.g., grinding, screening, washing) workplace, earning a grade D.

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 177% of Construction sand and gravel beneficiating (e.g., grinding, screening, washing) BLS 1.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. safety composite

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc.: 0.0 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc.'s TCR rose 6.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 212321 · Lowville, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 177% of ind

DART 6.7 DART
RANK P49
PHOTO Plant 25
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant 25 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.5
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3.5
This site

3.4
Justice Sand C

3.4
Plant 25

3.3

What this shows V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (177% of the Construction sand and gravel beneficiating (e.g., grinding, screening, washing) BLS benchmark).

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=6.7 · BLS 1.9

Where V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. falls in its industry

81 Construction sand and gravel b establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.4

V.S. Virkler and Son, Inc. has more employees than the Construction sand and gravel beneficiati median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2019	6.7	6.7	2	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

212321 · NY · Lowville

81 Construction sand and gravel beneficiating (e.g., grinding, screening, washing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 16 employers in Lowville, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Plant 25	HOLLISTER, CA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Justice Sand Co., Inc.	SWEENY, TX	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sanders Construction, Inc.	LAS VEGAS, NV	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Canyon Rock Co., Inc.	FORESTVILLE, CA	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Zuber Farms LLC	CHURCHVILLE	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Belltown Dairy	KING FERRY	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EL-VI Farms,LLC	NEWARK	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hudson Valley Fish Farm Inc	HUDSON	46 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kraft Heinz Foods Company - Lowville, NY	Lowville	424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5498	Lowville	235 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5498	Lowville	217 FTE
CITY-NEAR	QubicaAMF Pins Division	Lowville	94 FTE
NAT-TCR	CP Technologies Company	Blacklick, OH	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	KOch Foods Ashland	Ashland, AL	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Showplace Landscape Services	Sherwood, OR	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilltop Health Services Corporation	Grand Junction, CO	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Co 820 Maines Food & Party Warehouse	Scranton, PA	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rayloc	Hancock, MD	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Blair Heating & Air	Palm Springs, CA	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hartland Fuel Products	Onalaska, WI	46 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.